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Effects of daily iron supplementation in primary-school–aged children: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Michael Low, Ann Farrell, Beverley-Ann Biggs and Sant-Rayn Pasricha
CMAJ November 19, 2013 185 (17) E791-E802; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.130628
Michael Low
Department of Clinical Haematology (Low), The Alfred Hospital, Prahran; Thalassaemia Service (Farrell, Pasricha), Southern Health, Clayton; Department of Medicine (Biggs, Pasricha), The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Carlton; Nossal Institute for Global Health (Pasricha), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
MBBS BMedSciAnn Farrell
Department of Clinical Haematology (Low), The Alfred Hospital, Prahran; Thalassaemia Service (Farrell, Pasricha), Southern Health, Clayton; Department of Medicine (Biggs, Pasricha), The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Carlton; Nossal Institute for Global Health (Pasricha), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
MBBSBeverley-Ann Biggs
Department of Clinical Haematology (Low), The Alfred Hospital, Prahran; Thalassaemia Service (Farrell, Pasricha), Southern Health, Clayton; Department of Medicine (Biggs, Pasricha), The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Carlton; Nossal Institute for Global Health (Pasricha), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
PhDSant-Rayn Pasricha
Department of Clinical Haematology (Low), The Alfred Hospital, Prahran; Thalassaemia Service (Farrell, Pasricha), Southern Health, Clayton; Department of Medicine (Biggs, Pasricha), The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Carlton; Nossal Institute for Global Health (Pasricha), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
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Effects of daily iron supplementation in primary-school–aged children: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Michael Low, Ann Farrell, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Sant-Rayn Pasricha
CMAJ Nov 2013, 185 (17) E791-E802; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.130628
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